The Barbie brand is as synonymous with gifts for young girls as Kleenex is with tissues and Michael Bay is with explosions. For more than a decade, Barbies have been the No. 1 hot toy for girls during the holiday season. This year, the champ's reign...

It's a new year and seniors are making plans to try something new in 2015.
Westminster resident Helen Armstrong has had a lot of new going on in her life and, she said, there is more to come. She moved to Maryland in late June to be close to her...

The North Carroll branch of the Carroll County Public Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Greenmount, will offer the following programs this week. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-4480.
Wednesday
Year-Round Family...

Sculptors, photographers and painters came together Thursday evening as the Carroll Arts Center held a reception for three simultaneous exhibits, spanning a variety of media. At the event, artists and art lovers alike came to take a look at the...

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The North Carroll branch of the Carroll County Public Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Greenmount, will offer the following programs this week. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-4480.
Wednesday
Year-Round Family Story Time: Dogs: 10 a.m. For all ages. An open invitation. This weekly story time, open to all ages, introduces stories through books, songs, and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Pajama Party Story Time: Dogs:...

Some came prepared with lists and others were just out to find the best bargains; masses of deal-seeking shoppers made their way to various Carroll retailers Friday, leading to lines that swept throughout the stores and long waits for parking spaces.
Although it's commonplace for shoppers to hit the pavement bright and early on Black Friday, some prefer to avoid the crowds and wait to shop until a little later in the day, even though stores were still crowded hours into the biggest retail day of the...

The North Carroll branch of the Carroll County Public Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Greenmount, will offer the following programs this week. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-4480.
Wednesday
Year-Round Family Story Time-School Days: 10 a.m. For all ages. An open invitation. This weekly story time, open to all ages, introduces stories through books, songs, and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
North Carroll Senior...

Baltimore County police in the Franklin precinct recently recorded the following reported incidents, among others, in the Owings Mills and greater Reisterstown communities. Anyone with information regarding these incidents may call the Franklin precinct at 410-887-6975.
Attempted Burglary
On Aug. 20, police said a suspect attempted to rob a victim at knifepoint in front of a location on the 100 block of East Cherry Hill Road in Reisterstown. The victim ran across the street to escape the robbery and...

The North Carroll branch of the Carroll County Public Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Greenmount, will offer the following programs this week. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-4480.
Wednesday
Year-Round Family Story time-Farm: 10 a.m. For all ages. An open invitation. This weekly story time, open to all ages, introduces stories through books, songs, and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Pajama Party Story Time-Farm:...

From Disney to Facebook, the ever-increasing presence of technology and social media in children's lives has prompted concern from parents and educators alike. No matter where you go, kids always seems to be attached to some form of technology, whether it be an iPad, smartphone, or even Wi-Fi enabled video game systems. In some ways, it's almost as if the newest generations are born with an innate sense of everything technology. Case in point: give a 5-year-old an iPhone and watch them go to town....

One by one, the five graduates walked across the stage to receive their high school certificates to an audience's applause.
The crowd cheered loudly as Shelbe Hundertmark was helped out of her wheelchair and walked across the stage. Her time at Carroll Springs School - where she's attended for the past 19 years, the place that taught her to walk and many other life lessons - had come to a close.
"[It] was a loving, caring place for her to grow," Wendy Hundertmark, her mother, said, as tears welled in...